Sorry can't fire Marlin

[ULvictory]

This whole situation has turned into a mess. I’ll stick by what I said yesterday. Regardless of Julien, we should be a lot better than 2-4 this month, especially in two of the losses where we blew leads with less than 3 minutes to go. Unfortunately, outside of a few fans, majority of the fan base have pretty much thrown in the towel. After yesterday’s terrible ending, I’m not too far away either.

[Turbine]

People like JJ Thomas and Raymone Andrews left after Coach Marlin's second year here. Coach once said he should have run off Andrews after his first year here. He would not have been a bad influence on others in his second year here. Later JJ Thomas admitted he made a mistake leaving. Very sadly, he passed away too young in life a couple of years ago. I can't recall us losing a player we wanted to keep in several years. Now several moved on because we and they determined they were not a good fit here.

I think all that early turnover turmoil set a easy to use pattern.

Not one I am fond of.

[ZoomZoom]

Three games in March.for everyone. BPI thru this afternoon.

RK TEAM CONF W-L BPI RK SOS RK SOR RK RPI RK
1 Texas State Sun Belt 19-10 103 232 141 --
2 Georgia State Sun Belt 18-11 110 170 136 --
3 Georgia Southern Sun Belt 17-12 145 240 170 --
4 UT Arlington Sun Belt 13-16 146 116 203 --
5 Little Rock Sun Belt 19-9 160 203 113 --
6 Appalachian State Sun Belt 16-13 172 151 168 --
7 South Alabama Sun Belt 18-11 184 270 160 --
8 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 14-15 198 251 222 --
9 Louisiana Sun Belt 11-17 254 199 260 --
10 Arkansas State Sun Belt 15-14 258 264 212 --
11 UL Monroe Sun Belt 9-18 285 187 290 --
12 Troy Sun Belt 9-20 303 271 317 --

[CajunEXPRESS]

Three games in March.for everyone. BPI thru this afternoon.

RK TEAM CONF W-L BPI RK SOS RK SOR RK RPI RK
1 Texas State Sun Belt 19-10 103 232 141 --
2 Georgia State Sun Belt 18-11 110 170 136 --
3 Georgia Southern Sun Belt 17-12 145 240 170 --
4 UT Arlington Sun Belt 13-16 146 116 203 --
5 Little Rock Sun Belt 19-9 160 203 113 --
6 Appalachian State Sun Belt 16-13 172 151 168 --
7 South Alabama Sun Belt 18-11 184 270 160 --
8 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 14-15 198 251 222 --
9 Louisiana Sun Belt 11-17 254 199 260 --
10 Arkansas State Sun Belt 15-14 258 264 212 --
11 UL Monroe Sun Belt 9-18 285 187 290 --
12 Troy Sun Belt 9-20 303 271 317 --

😂😂😂This says it all about three days in March, he’s even worse than his mediocre regular season.

[ZoomZoom]

😂😂😂This says it all about three days in March, he’s even worse than his mediocre regular season.

Our conference leader, Little Rock, up 2 with 4 to go, is rolling along with a 160 BPI. The LEAGUE isn’t even mediocre. Unless they collapse, they’ll be in the NIT at worse. Not making excuses, just showing “Together We Rise” really looks like.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Tulane is learning you can’t steal good coaches from this league often. Hunter ain’t Fritz

https://www.google.com/search?q=tula.&client=safari

Lamers limp into last place under Hunter. 😂😂😂

[Cajunsmike]

Tulane is learning you can't steal good coaches from this league often. Hunter ain't Fritz

https://www.google.com/search?q=tula.&client=safari

Lamers limp into last place under Hunter. 😂😂😂

Tulane did beat UCF yesterday and is improved over last season. Their four conference wins are four more than they had a year ago. Now, Hunter bought some transfers with him. Don't know if they come back next year or if some or sitting out . I suspect some return and some will become eligible. Therefore, I can see them having a winning season next year.

[CajunVic]

Tulane did beat UCF yesterday and is improved over last season. Their four conference wins are four more than they had a year ago. Now, Hunter bought some transfers with him. Don't know if they come back next year or if some or sitting out . I suspect some return and some will become eligible. Therefore, I can see them having a winning season next year.

Looks like everybody is up next year - in your book. Got to appreciate the optimism.

[IberiaCajun]

Three games in March.for everyone. BPI thru this afternoon.

RK TEAM CONF W-L BPI RK SOS RK SOR RK RPI RK
1 Texas State Sun Belt 19-10 103 232 141 --
2 Georgia State Sun Belt 18-11 110 170 136 --
3 Georgia Southern Sun Belt 17-12 145 240 170 --
4 UT Arlington Sun Belt 13-16 146 116 203 --
5 Little Rock Sun Belt 19-9 160 203 113 --
6 Appalachian State Sun Belt 16-13 172 151 168 --
7 South Alabama Sun Belt 18-11 184 270 160 --
8 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 14-15 198 251 222 --
9 Louisiana Sun Belt 11-17 254 199 260 --
10 Arkansas State Sun Belt 15-14 258 264 212 --
11 UL Monroe Sun Belt 9-18 285 187 290 --
12 Troy Sun Belt 9-20 303 271 317 --

SOS - strength of schedule
What is SOR?

[alum81]

SOS - strength of schedule
What is SOR?

Strength of Record (SOR) is a measure of team accomplishment based on how difficult a team's W-L record is to achieve.

[IberiaCajun]

Interesting scenario considering that in his recent interview he talked about how much he was looking forward to next season here. Wonder when he asked about transfer credits. Of course what people say publicly is different than what they say privately at times. If the NCAA allows the one time free transfer rule to go into effect, it will cause havoc in all sports as many teams will lose several players. Mid major guys with success will try to go to the big schools while guys on the bench at the major schools will try to find places they can blossom at the mid major level.

As far as who we are looking at in spring recruiting, I have no names but I think we are combing the JUCO circuit for all positions. I do know coaches have spent more than on the road during the season than any I can recall. Of course some of those searches could be geared towards the November signing date and beyond.

Mike, this begs the question, how many guards has Marlin recruited out of high school that have played four years and graduated? The only two that come to mine are on the team now, Hardy and Aucoin. Aucoin is in graduate school and Hardy is a senior and I suppose he is on track to graduate this semester or next. It seems like he gets most of his guards as transfers; e.g., Stroman, Wright.

[IberiaCajun]

Strength of Record (SOR) is a measure of team accomplishment based on how difficult a team's W-L record is to achieve.

Thanks. So, is difficulty measured by W/L's among the four tier groups?

[Cajunsmike]

Mike, this begs the question, how many guards has Marlin recruited out of high school that have played four years and graduated? The only two that come to mine are on the team now, Hardy and Aucoin. Aucoin is in graduate school and Hardy is a senior and I suppose he is on track to graduate this semester or next. It seems like he gets most of his guards as transfers; e.g., Stroman, Wright.

Good question. Kasey Shepherd and Bryant Mbamalu come to mind. Stove played 2 spot at times. EP would have played four had he not been drafted. I expect Cedric Russell to be a four year guard

[IberiaCajun]

Wow!

College Basketball Power Index
Last Updated: February 23, 2020 at 2:45 AM CT
The College Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of performance going forward. BPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Strength of Record (SOR) is a measure of team accomplishment based on how difficult a team's W-L record is to achieve. Game predictions account for opponent strength, pace of play, site, travel distance, day's rest and altitude, and are used to simulate the season 10,000 times to produce season projections. Numbers update daily.
I did not know that altitude was such a factor in game predictions!

[IberiaCajun]

Good question. Kasey Shepherd and Bryant Mbamalu come to mind. Stove played 2 spot at times. EP would have played four had he not been drafted. I expect Cedric Russell to be a four year guard

Thanks. So, say he recruits 2 freshman guards every year for 10 years.40 guards. Then, 6 or 7 stay for all four years and then graduate. That seems like a high attrition rate. I wonder what the average is for DIV I basketball.